This document discusses the health risks of smoking and provides tips for quitting smoking. Some key points: - Smoking is highly addictive and causes various health problems like cancer, heart disease, and strokes. - Young people often start smoking due to social and cultural influences, though it can be difficult to quit due to addiction. - Quitting smoking has immediate health benefits and reducing withdrawal symptoms is important. - A multi-step approach is recommended to quit, including setting a date, getting support, learning new habits, and managing cravings. With motivation and support, successful quitting is possible.

1. Smoking
Kills
Neena Reddy

2. Statistics
 40% of men and 27% of women are
smokers
 Average 18 cigarettes a day –
addiction /chain smokers.
 Smoking causes 80% of all drug
related deaths

3. The Facts
Smoking:
 Is addictive – more than heroine or cocaine
 Makes your clothes, hair and breath smell
 Turns your teeth and fingers yellow
 Increases risk of stroke and heart attack
 Increases risk of developing diabetes
 Is the most common cause of lung, throat and
mouth cancer

4. Why Do Young People
Start Smoking?
Think of Some
Reasons

5. Some Reasons:
 Young people are attracted to the image:
 Because their friends and family are
smokers

Cultural Influences

6. What are in Cigarettes?
Do YOU know?

7. Over 4000 Chemicals!!!!
(60 of which are carcinogenic)

8. (Source: www.willwilliams.co.uk/common-issues/smoking/whats-in-a-cigarette)

9. What are some of the
consequences of
smoking?

10. Smoking
Stroke
Lung
Cancer
Stomach
Cancer Throat
Cancer
Emphysema
Heart
Disease
Bladder
Cancer

11. But what does these
things really look like?
How do these images
make you feel?

12. Website Source: http://smokefreewic.com/Facts/Smoking.html

13. By Survey - Top excuses by
smokers
Top excuses for not quitting smoking“
1) Quitting smoking would be detrimental to my health by halting my
exercise program...I WALK to the store to buy my cigarettes
2) Any wimp can quit smoking, but it takes a man to face cancer.
3) The car CAME with ashtrays for a REASON!!
4) I smoke to help digest dinner and if I didn't smoke, I would keep
eating until I EXPLODE!!
5) It's a family tradition.
6) Who likes white teeth??
7) It's a great people repellent.

14. Smokers @ their best 

15. Smokers @ their best 

16. But wait……Think
20 minutes after quitting:
Your heart rate drops
12 hours after quitting:
Carbon monoxide levels in your blood drop to
normal
Ready to quit – follow these steps
1. Get ready
2. Get support
3. Learn new skills and behaviors
4. Get medication – if recommended by your
doctor – and use it correctly
5. Be prepared for cravings and withdrawal
symptoms

17. Steps to quitting
Step 1: Get Ready
 Set a quit date
 Get rid of all cigarettes and ashtrays at home,
work, and in your car
 Keep a diary of when and why you smoke
 Tell friends and family you’re going to stop

18. Steps to Quitting
Step 2: Get Support
 Your chances of success increase if
you have a support network
 Ask friends, family, and coworkers for
their support in helping you quit
 Ask others not to smoke around you or
leave cigarettes out in the open

19. Steps to quitting
Step 2: Get Support
 Talk to your family physician about
tobacco’s effects on the body,
choosing a quit plan, and dealing with
withdrawal
 Get individual, group, or telephone
counseling

20. Steps to quitting
Step 3: Learn New Skills & Behaviors
 Distract yourself from urges to smoke
–Talk to someone
–Go for a walk
–Get busy with a task
–Go somewhere you’re not allowed to
smoke

21. Steps to quitting
Step 3: Learn New Skills
& Behaviors
 Change your routine
–Take a different route to work
–Drink tea instead of coffee
–Eat breakfast in a different place

22. Steps to quitting
Step 3: Learn New Skills
& Behaviors
 Reduce stress – take a hot bath,
exercise, or read a book
 Plan something enjoyable to do every
day
 Drink a lot of water and other fluids

23. Steps to quitting
Step 4: Get Medication
 Your family physician may recommend one
of these to help you quit:
– Bupropion SR
– Nicotine gum
– Nicotine inhaler
– Nicotine nasal spray
– Nicotine patch
– Varenicline

24. Steps to quitting
Step 5: Avoid Relapse
 Most relapses occur within the first
three months
 Avoid drinking alcohol – drinking
lowers your chances of success
 Avoid being around other smokers –
can make you want to smoke

25. Steps to quitting
Step 5: Avoid Relapse
 Expect a small weight gain
(usually less than 10 pounds)
 Eat a healthy diet
 Stay active
 Look for ways to improve your mood
other than smoking

26. Will it work?
Successful quitters are
 Ready to change
 Motivated to quit

27. Managing withdrawal
Symptoms
 Most intense during the first three to
seven days
 May continue for several weeks but
will get less severe
 Triggers or cues associated with
smoking can cause cravings

28. Managing withdrawal
 Exercise
 Reduce or avoid caffeine or other stimulants
 Relax before going to bed
 Make your bedroom quiet
 Keep a bedtime routine
 Drink plenty of water
 Use cough drops to relieve
throat irritation

29. Managing withdrawal
If you’re having trouble concentrating
 Adjust your schedule to a lighter
workload
 Lower your expectations on the
amount of work you can do
 Understand the amount of energy and
time it takes to stop smoking

30. Managing withdrawal
If your appetite has increased
 Eat healthy snacks
 Don’t delay regular meals
 Drink more water
 Exercise regularly

31. Managing withdrawal
If you crave a cigarette
 Wait out the craving (usually less than
five minutes)
 Try deep breathing
 Use distractions
 Call someone in your support network
 Chew gum
 Brush your teeth

32. Renew your dedication
 Reward yourself for resisting urges to
smoke
 Review your reasons for stopping
 Remind yourself often how well you’re
doing

33. You can do it!
 Tobacco addiction is a chronic disease –
seek advice, support, and care from your
family physician to increase your chance of
success
 Quitting smoking can reduce illness, prevent
death, and increase your quality
of life
 Quitting can be difficult – remember to ask
for help
 You can do it!

34. There’s hope……
Thanks for your time to go through the
PPT
As you may be active or passive
smoker.